Monteiro, D.Pereira, Ana MonteiroBatista, Maria do CarmoFonseca, E.M.M.2015-07-272015-07-272015Monteiro, D.; Pereira, A.; Batista, M.; Fonseca, E.M.M. (2015). Mathematical modelling for assessing fracture risk associated with osteoporosis. In the International Conference on Clinical and BioEngineering for Women’s Health BioMedWomen 2015. Porto, Portugalhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/11978Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease, characterized by low boné mass and by changing the boné microstructure. According to the Portuguese Society of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Boné Diseases (SPODOM), this disease affects about 500,000 people in Portugal. This paperp resentsa studyo nt hee valuationo ft hefr acturesr iskd uet ob onéd emineralizationt hrough various risk factors, An optimization code is developed using a mathematical program for diagnosingt hed iseasea ndt oc omparei tw itht hed iagnosiso btainedf romD EXA(D ual-energyX - ray absorptiometry) scans.engconference object